Chocolate's long lost secrets can be traced back over 2,000 years to Mexico and Central America. Our Aztec Collection is inspired by the ancient traditions and folklore of the region. Explore Meso-America through chillies, Argentinean dulce de Leche, and Mexican vanilla bean. Aztec Collection includes:

Red Fire (2): ancho chillies + Ceylon cinnamon + 65% cacao Venezuelan dark chocolate

Tlan Nacu (2): Mexican vanilla bean + 65% cacao Venezuelan dark chocolate

Dulce de Leche (2): Argentinean dulce de leche + 41% cacao milk chocolate + Costa Rican cashews

Xocatyl (3): Mexican vanilla bean + 41% cacao milk chocolate

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SKU: TC-AZT-009

"The History of Cacao: Chocolate's long lost secrets can be traced back over 2,000 years to Mexico and Central America. First discovered by the Aztec and Mayan peoples, the original chocolate brew, xocatyl, was made by grinding the cacao (kah-KOW) bean with chillies, herbs, annatto and cornmeal. The frothed tincture was held in the highest regard, believed to bestow wisdom and virility to all who sipped it. When Spanish conquistadors made an offering of xocatyl to Queen Isabella, she instantly declared her distaste for the spicy and bitter drink. However, when Cortez presented the court the cacao drink having substituted the spices for sugar, it was accepted. The Spanish aristocracy concurred and the popularity of chocolate spread like wildfire throughout Europe—lost was the marriage of chili peppers and chocolate for 500 years...until now."
- Katrina

Visit BomBon Patisserie in Chicago. Laura Cid-Perea and Luis Perea's bakery in the Mexican ethnic pocket of the Pilsen neighborhood stays true to their heritage, meaning Mexican dulces. I couldn't believe the first bite—the best tres leches I've ever had, melting in my mouth.

It all starts here...
1508 W. 18th St., Chicago, 312-733-7788